Transit chief wants seat belts on commercial buses
Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to require lap-shoulder safety belts on commercial buses.
GM recalling over 200,000 crossovers to fix second-row seat belts
2010 Buick Enclave
General Motors announced today that it is voluntarily conducting a safety recall for 2009-2010 models of the Lambda based crossovers including the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and the late Saturn Outlook. The recall is being made to inspect second-row safety belts for damage that in rare cases could make an occupant think the belt is properly latched when it isn’t.
“There are 243,403 vehicles involved in the recall, the majority in the United States with severa…
Five-Point Belts Will Paralyze You and Other Fun Safety Facts
What is that car? Some of you will figure it out immediately, while the rest will want to sneak a peek at the end of this article. Regardless of the make and model, here’s what it is: it’s a race car that competes in an entry-level ARCA series. No longer street legal. Not even close. [...]
While Hiding Behind the Sun, Jupiter Loses One of its Belts
Jupiter, Before and After Anthony Wesley
The science world is upside down this afternoon. First North Korea announces it has cracked the nut on nuclear fusion. Now Jupiter has lost one of its belts, specifically the Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) which figures prominently in Jupiter’s overall appearance.
Astronomers aren’t exactly sure why this happens, but the flightiness of the SEB is actually not unprecedented. Jupiter’s bands are actually clouds, with the SEB being primarily made up of ammonia ice, …
Porsche recalls all Panamera models to fix safety belts
Porsche SE confirmed that it is recalling 11,324 Panamera models to fix a theoretical problem with the safety belts, a Porsche spokesman said.
Buckle up in all seats: Using rear seat belts
The state of New Jersey is set to become the 23rd state (when the law goes into effect in 2011) to require all rear passengers to ride restrained. Signed by Governor Jon Corzine before he left office, the rear seat belt law will be a secondary offense—meaning drivers will have to be pulled over for another offense to receive a ticket. The seat belt law for front seat riders in NJ is a primary offense, so you can get ticketed from just that infraction. The former governor knows a bit about the dan…